Engineering Manager - UI Platform
Posted by employer 1 year ago
First seen on Joblaze 6 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 3 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In the role of Engineering Manager for the UI Platform at Databricks, the individual will lead a team focused on enhancing the frontend developer experience, overseeing the entire feature lifecycle from development to production. Key skills include extensive experience in web frontend development, particularly with React, and a proven track record in managing high-performing engineering teams. This position is ideal for someone with a strong background in infrastructure and developer productivity, who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is adept at mentoring talent. The team plays a crucial role in supporting hundreds of developers, ensuring they have the tools and processes needed for e
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 6 months ago — first seen on Joblaze April 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Databricks's careers page October 31, 2026.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Frontend roles (median ~$180,000).
Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Databricks lists $182,400–$247,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Engineering Manager - UI Platform role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: GraphQL, Node, React, TypeScript.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Databricks targets lead candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Engineering Manager - UI Platform role at Databricks.
From the original posting
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At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems — from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business.
We are the UI Platform team, responsible for enabling all frontend developers at Databricks to build amazing features. We support hundreds of developers working in the frontend every week, making sure that they can use AI tooling to build features, can quickly ship them to production, and have best-in class monitoring and observability of what they build.. We own all aspects of the dev loop, relying on industry-standard technology like Typescript, React, GraphQL, yarn, node and more!
We're seeking a dedicated Engineering Leader for our Developer Experience team. This team is responsible for the entire life cycle of a feature: dev loop, submitting, pushing, monitoring… everything needed to ensure smooth delivery of code from the developer’s head to production!
You will report directly to the Senior Manager of Engineering.
The main responsibilities include:
- You will lead a talented engineering team in UI Platform focused on making our frontend developer experience amazing.
- You will oversee sustained recruitment of top-tier talent, and developing talent on the team.
- You will build processes to implement product vision and strategy, according to organizational goals and priorities.
- You will build software that is not just high quality, but easy to operate.
- You will manage technical debt, including long-term technical architecture decisions, and balance product roadmap.
What we look for:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in web frontend development, with a strong preference for React-based applications
- 2+ years leading and managing a high-performing engineering team.
- A passion for infrastructure, tooling, developer productivity, or performance optimization and the ability to drive technical initiatives that improve overall team efficiency and code quality
- Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, and develop engineering talent at various levels
- Ability to drive technical initiatives that improve overall team efficiency and code quality
- Experience in setting and achieving ambitious team goals aligned with company objectives
- Strong track record of attracting, hiring, and retaining top engineering talent
- Experience managing distributed teams across multiple locations.
- Adaptability and resilience in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving tech environment
Pay Range Transparency
Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.
About Databricks
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